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Atharvaveda 7.56

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7.56

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Sanskrit

7.56.1

tíraścirājer asitā́t pŕ̥dākoḥ pári sáṃbhr̥tam |
tát kaṅkáparvaṇo viṣám iyáṃ vīrúd anīnaśat ||1||

From the cross-lined [snake], from the black snake, from the adder (pṛ́dāku) [what is] gathered—that poison of the heron-jointed (?) one hath this plant made to disappear.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.2

iyáṃ vīrún mádhujātā madhuścún madhulā́ madhū́ḥ |
sā́ víhrutasya bheṣajy átho maśakajámbhanī ||2||

This plant [is] sweet-(mádhu-)born, sweet-dripping, sweetish, sweet; it is the remedy of what is dissevered (vi-hru), also grinder-up of stinging insects.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.3

yáto daṣṭáṃ yáto dhītáṃ tátas te nír hvayāmasi |
arbhásya tr̥pradaṃśíno maśákasyārasáṃ viṣám ||3||

Whence bitten, whence sucked—thence do we call [it] out for thee; of the petty, hastily-biting (?) stinging insect the poison [is] sapless.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.4

ayáṃ yó vakró víparur vyàṅgo múkhāni vakrā́ vr̥jinā́ kr̥ṇóṣi |
tā́ni tváṃ brahmaṇas pate iṣī́kām iva sáṃ namaḥ ||4||

Thou who here, crooked, jointless, limbless, makest crooked twisted (vṛjiná) faces—those [faces] mayest thou, O Brahmaṇaspati, bend together like a reed.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.5

arasásya śarkóṭasya nīcī́nasyopasárpataḥ |
viṣáṃ hy àsyā́diṣy átho enam ajījabham ||5||

Of the sapless çarkóṭa, crawling on, on the ground (nīcī́na)—its poison, verily, I have taken away, likewise I have ground it up.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.6

ná te bāhvór bálam asti ná śīrṣé nótá madhyatáḥ |
átha kíṃ pāpáyā 'muyā́ púche bibharṣy arbhakám ||6||

Not in thy (two) arms is there strength, not in thy head, nor in thy middle; then what petty thing bearest thou in that evil way in thy tail?

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.7

adánti tvā pipī́likā ví vr̥ścanti mayūryàḥ |
sárve bhala bravātha śā́rkoṭam arasáṃ viṣám ||7||

Ants eat thee; pea-hens pick thee to pieces; verily may ye all say "the poison of the çarkóṭa is sapless."

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

7.56.8

yá ubhā́bhyāṃ prahárasi púchena cāsyèna ca |
āsyè ná te viṣáṃ kím u te puchadhā́v asat ||8||

Thou that strikest (pra-hṛ) with both, with both tail and mouth—in thy mouth is no poison; how then may there be in thy tail-receptacle?

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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